(浙江省台州中学2008学年第二学期第三次统练试题)

I was 17 when I walked into Carley’s bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at  21  on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like   22  . I needed to start   23  for college, so I said yes. I worked after school, and the job helped  24  my yearly tuition. I would work many other jobs: making coffee in the Students Union; a hotel maid and   25  making maps for a company. But selling books was one of the most   26  .

One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything  27  and found other books we could order. She left the store less   28  . I’ve always remembered the   29  I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a   30  in Los Angles, I heard about an immigrant child born   31  his fingers connected. His family couldn’t afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in   32  , hiding his hand in his pocket.

I   33  my  boss to let me do the story. After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the   34  for free.

I visited the boy soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his   35  hand and said, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of   36  .

In the past, while I was   37  , I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the   38  . Fox pays my salary,  39  I feel as if I work for the   40  , helping them make sense of the world.

21．A．maps                   B．articles                  C．reports                  D．titles

22．A．a book                 B．some tea               C．a job                     D．any help

23．A．planning        B．saving                   C．preparing              D．studying

24．A．pay for                 B．fit for                     C．run for                  D．enter for

25．A．so                        B．yet                        C．even                     D．still

26．A．boring                                                     B．satisfying       

C．surprising                                                        D．disappointing

27．A．in need                 B．in all               C．in order                 D．in store

28．A．worried                B．satisfied                 C．interested              D．puzzled

29．A．surprise                B．failure                    C．regret                    D．pride

30．A．doctor                 B．TV reporter          C．bookseller             D．store owner

31．A．with                     B．in                          C．by                         D．for

32．A．horror                  B．honor                    C．shame                   D．danger

33．A．advised                B．persuaded             C．forced                   D．permitted

34．A．action                  B．program                C．treatment              D．operation

35．A．repaired               B．connected             C．injured                  D．improved

36．A．humor                  B．interest                  C．pleasure                D．excitement

37．A．at the TV station                                     B．in the Students Union   

       C．at the US Forest Service                          D．at Carley’s bookstore

38．A．opposite              B．same                     C．different                D．right

39．A．so                        B．and                       C．but                        D．because

40．A．viewers                B．readers                 C．customers             D．passengers

 (天水市一中2006级2008-2009学年第二学期第四次考试题B篇)

SPORTS EVENTS

BASKETBALL:

Central Sports Centre. City Road.

All Stars vs Rockets, Saturday 8: 30 p.m. $12

Northerners vs Tigers, Sunday noon $14

BUSHWALKING(越野走)：

Meet at Wanda Station, Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for 3-hour walk to Canary Mountains. $7, ph 5432

Meet at Westley Station, Sunday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a full day walk to Wombak Valley. $5, ph 341-8643. Bring your own lunch.

FOOTBALL:

St Martins Sports Centre

St Martins vs Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $8

Eastside Central vs Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $8

Neill Park Recreation Centre

Neill Park vs Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $11

Essen vs Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $11

LAWN BOWLS(草坪滚木球）：

Tans Town B.C

Tans Town vs White Vale, Saturday 9:00 p.m. $10

Wake Hill B.C.

Wake Hill vs Colls, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $9

45. According to the passage, the most popular time for the sporting events may be ______.

   A. Sat 8:30 pm        B. Sun noon       C. Sat 2:00 pm       D. Sun 2:00 pm

46. The purpose of the passage is to let people _______.

   A. compare the prices of the matches 

   B. find the nearest place to watch a match

   C. spend their money on these matches wisely

   D. know the sport matches and come to watch them

47. You may find the passage most probably in a ______.

   A. handbook                             B. notice

   C. magazine about ball matches              D. newspaper about match reviews

48. If you have $18, you can go to watch both ______.

   A. Walk Hill vs Colls and Essen vs Springwood

   B. St Matins vs Doonsberg and Northerners vs Tigers

   C. Neill Park vs Robinson and Eastside Central vs Light Hill

   D. All Stars vs Rockets and the bushwalking at Westley Station

 (天水市一中2006级2008-2009学年第二学期第四次考试题C篇)

Forgiving someone who has hurt you or let you down is never an easy thing. Several new studies, however, say that it could have a lot of health benefits. When you think of forgiveness, you probably don’t think of it as being a health or medical problem. Studies from Stanford University, on the other hand, show that something like anger can change your well-being.

When cartoon book characters like the incredible(难以置信) Hulk get angry, they change colours and often gain special power. In the real world, anger is less obvious and may be more dangerous. That’s why Professor Fred Luskin, founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good, says holding on to anger and hatred can harm your physical and mental health. Two new studies seem to show the same idea.

The studies find that people who are able to forgive feel less stress, less back pain, and less depression（沮丧）. They also have fewer headaches, lower blood pressure, and fewer problems on sleeping.

So it doesn’t matter if your anger is caused by the traffic or other things. Learning to let it go is important. Techniques such as deep breath or thought can help. Or just ask yourself if it’s worth hurting yourself by staying angry with someone else.

Forgiveness does not mean that you simply accept what happened and say it’s OK. Instead, it’s a way of making peace with yourself about what happened in the past.

49. The author of the passage tries to make his viewpoint clear ______.

   A. by raising his own examples.                 B. based on his own experience.

   C. by mentioning some studies.                 D. by mentioning some typical patients.

50. The example of the cartoon book characters is taken in the passage to____.

   A. support the viewpoint that anger and hatred harm physical and mental health.

   B. introduce a famous expert.

   C. let the reader know the different colours of cartoon faces.

   D. show how to control one’s temper.

51. The underlined phrase “holding on to” in this passage possibly means“__”.

   A. removing.      B. keeping up.       C. getting rid of.      D. learning about.

52. The best title for this passage is probably _______.

   A. Forgiveness.                           B. Forgiveness Is Good for Health.

C. A Secret to Keeping Health.               D. Anger Is Bad for Health.

 (天水市一中2006级2008-2009学年第二学期第四次考试题D篇)

The North and South poles are remote and freezing places that receive lots of animal visitors but few human tourists.

But even if you never plan to visit the polar bears in the north or penguins in the south, now is a perfect time to start thinking about them. That’s because 2007 marks the beginning of the International Polar Year (IPY), a two-year-old activity of science projects that aim to show how important the poles are to the health of our planet. During the IPY, which will last until March 2009, thousands of researchers from more than 60 countries will conduct more than 200 projects and expeditions(远征) to both the top and bottom of the world.

In recent years, the polar regions have begun to change severely as a result of global warming. Temperatures there are rising faster than anywhere else on Earth. As a result, the ice and snow in these regions are melting（融化） at record-setting rates. One result is that sea levels are rising around the world, putting animals and people at risk.

Only by studying the poles, say IPY researchers, can we find ways to protect them and ourselves.

Both the Arctic and the Antarctic are cold and remote, but the two regions have important differences. For one thing, the Arctic is an ice-covered ocean surrounded by land. The Antarctic, on the other hand, is a continent of ice-covered land surrounded by water.

Most polar studies have focused on the Arctic, and that is where scientists have observed the most remarkable changes in the ice. During a typical year, Arctic ice expands(扩大) in the winter and shrinks(缩小) in the summer. But recently, the amount of ice covering the ocean has been steadily dropping in both seasons.

53．Which of the following might be the best tile of the passage?

       A．Earth’s Poles Interest Scientists           B．The Animals of Earth’s Poles

       C．Earth’s Poles in Danger                 D．The Discoveries of Earth’s Poles

54．The goal of the International Polar Year is __________.

       A．to make it clear that the poles have much to do with a healthy earth

       B．to provide practical theory to further develop this distant area

       C．to call on as many scientists as possible to do research on the poles

       D．to discover more mysteries unknown to man

55．What is the main factor that has caused the changes of the poles?

       A．The increasing number of animals.         B．The development of the poles.

       C．The melting of the poles.                 D．The rising temperature.

56．What unusual phenomenon worries the scientists?

       A．In summer the ice of the Arctic loses faster.

       B．The ice covering the Arctic shrinks even in winter.

       C．The ice of the Arctic increases less than in the past.

D．The changes in the Arctic are more serious.

 (天水市一中2006级2008-2009学年第二学期第四次考试题A篇)

When Ben delivered milk to my home one morning before Christmas，he wasn’t his usual sunny self．He told me a customer had left without paying the bill，$79，nor leaving her new address．So it meant that he had to cover the loss．

 “She was a pretty woman，”he said， “with six children and another on the way．She was always saying．‘I’m going to pay you soon when my husband gets a second job．’I believed her，but she left．Isn’t it annoying?”

 “Give her the milk．Make it a Christmas present to the kids who need it．”I said．

The holidays came and went．On a sunny January morning two weeks later，Ben was rushing to deliver milk when he saw a woman running down the street，waving money．He recognized her immediately--the woman who didn’t pay her bill．

 “I’m so sorry．”she said．“I really have been meaning to pay you．”

She explained that her husband had come home one night and announced he' d found cheaper apartment. He' d also got a new job. With all that happened, she' d forgotten to leave the new address. “But I've been saving,” she said. “Here's $20 toward the bill. “

      “That' s all right,” Ben replied. “It's been paid.”

      “Paid!” she exclaimed （惊叫）.  “What do you mean? Who paid it?”

      “I did,” Ben said,  “It went to the children as a Christmas present!”

 41．Ben was upset one morning because _______.

     A．a customer left without paying the bill            

B．he lost $ 79 on the way of the delivery

     C．he had to buy a present for the children          

D．he was going to lose his job

42．The author helped Ben by offering him _______.

     A．a Christmas present                    B．the debtor' s new address

     C．some money to cover the loss            D．a suggestion to cheer him up

43．We can probably infer from the passage that the woman _______.

     A．cheated to raise her children              

B．moved to escape paying back the debts

     C．was a person with honesty            

D．wanted to give her children a Christmas gift

44．What is the best title of the passage?

     A．An Unhappy Christmas                 B．An Unusual Present

     C．A Poor Couple's Life                   D．A Helpful Customer